No power generation company has a chief engineer! Senate committee summons, K-electric; Chiarman says power sector is completely destroyed

None of the four power generation companies (Gencos) in Pakistan has any chief engineer! This shocking revelation came forth in a Senate Standing Committee on Power that met Senator Engr. Saifullah Abro in the chair in Islamabad.
The chairman said the power sector of the country has been destroyed; the transmission system is dead. There is not a single chief engineer in any of the four Gencos. ‘This is the funeral of Power Division.’
The condition of the power sector is that no technical employee working there, he maintained. “For God’s sake have mercy on the power sector,” Saifullah Abro remarked.
Not only that but also the committee was informed that SEPCO and HESCO do not have electricity.
Chairman Abro said that the power sector of the country has been completely destroyed besides a choked transmission system.
He was not pleased with K-Electric for its issues that are already the talk of the town. He remarked that K-electric is a black spot on the face of the entire power system.
He alleges there are big corrupt officers in the power sector and the power division is an accomplice in KE’s corruption. The government is unable to take any action against them. He said, “There is a dire need to bring NAB-like law in the power sector too.”
“Why don’t the high-level officials of KE come to the meeting” the chairman questioned. The committee was irked by the non-participation of CEO K-Electric.
The chairman said that the time of the KE has passed and the company has failed to reach the electricity purchase agreement from the national grid. Is K-Electric not under government control, Abro asked. He said that the power minister should come to the committee and give a briefing on the performance of KE.
The committee summoned CEO KE to the next meeting. Abro said that the committee has a lot of discretion in this regard. “If someone does not give importance to the committee, we have the power to order his arrest,” he warned.
The committee also took the issue of the constitution of BoDs of Distribution Companies (DISCOs). The committee was informed that under these rules, the Ministry of Energy (Power Division) recently reconstituted BoDs of four DISCOs (MEPCO, GEPCO, SEPCO, and HESCO) after approval from the federal cabinet.
The committee reviewed in detail appointment procedures and expenditures regarding BODs as well as minutely scrutinized resumes of BoD members. The committee showed severe concern regarding the appointment criteria of BoD members and constituted a sub-committee to review the matter in detail. Conflict of interest, in the case of many members, was observed. It was asserted that strict action against officers involved in the selection process must be taken. The committee directed the ministry that reconstitution of all BoDs must be pended until the inquiry is complete.